Parent Minute

Your child may have a deep wound.

Posted on 3/1/2016 by Greg Yoder

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I ran across this infographic on Facebook recently. It said, “The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways.” As a parent of an adopted child, this struck a chord with me. When I look at my daughter, I can’t help but say to myself how fortunate I am to be her father. How did God work all this out for me to be called Dad? But, she doesn’t always see it that way. In the book The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier, she writes, “A child given up for adoption perceives the ‘giving up’ a rejection. This rejection is so searing to some that it is difficult for them to love or trust again.” What do we do as parents? Do what God does when we reject Him: “ ‘Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful’ ” (Luke 6:36 ESV).